How to watch Baylor basketball vs. Creighton in Game 1 of Players Era Tournament

This will be a big test for Scott Drew's team

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The Baylor Bears have gotten out to a 3-0 start in the young season. Scott Drew's new-look roster has done a good job of gelling in the early going, but Baylor has a big test this week. The Bears head to Las Vegas to play in the Players Era Tournament.

There are 18 men's teams participating and Baylor's first matchup will be with Creighton on Monday afternoon. Then, the Bears will take on St. John's before concluding the event on either Wednesday or Thursday.

Both Cameron Carr and freshman Tounde Yessoufou have gotten out to impressive starts, and if Baylor is going to make noise in this tournament, the Bears are going to need a lot out of their two stars.

How to watch

• Day: Monday, Nov. 24
• When: 1 p.m. CT
• TV: TruTV
• Radio: Baylor Sports Media Network
• Where: Michelob ULTRA Arena (Las Vegas)

Game Notes

• Baylor heads to Las Vegas to for three games in the GEICO Players Era Men's Championship.

• Out of the seven all-time meetings with Creighton, five have taken place on neutral courts.

• Scott Drew and Greg McDermott have met seven times prior to Monday, with Drew holding a 4-3 lead (2-2 versus McDermott at Iowa State, 2-1 versus McDermott at Creighton).

• BU is 30-6 in its 11 regular-season tournaments since 2013-14.

• Creighton is off to a 3-1 start to the season, with home wins over South Dakota (92-76), Maryland Eastern Shore (84-45) and North Dakota (75-60) as well as a 90-63 loss at No. 19 Gonzaga.

• Eight Bluejays average between 6.0 and 13.0 points per game, led by sophomore Blake Harper (13.0 ppg., 7.5 rpg.). CU’s top four leading scorers are newcomers as Harper is joined by Josh Dix (11.0), Nik Graves (10.8), and Owen Freeman (10.8), who also contribute at a double-figure clip. All told, 67.5 percent of Creighton’s points have come from its newcomers thus far

• Only eight Bears have seen the court this season, and seven of them average at least 6.0 points per
  game. That group is led by Cameron Carr (23.7ppg., .676 FG%, .529 3FG%), Tounde Yessoufou (16.3 ppg., 2.7 spg.) and Dan Skillings Jr. (13.3 ppg;., 6.0 rpg.).

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